挨
Readings
Kana:
アイ、ひら.く
Romaji:
ai, hira.ku
Meanings
approach, draw near, push open
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
10
Radical Number:
64
Frequency:
2258
Grade:
8
Skip Pattern:
1-3-7
Korean Reading:
ae
Chinese Reading:
ai2
Unicode:
6328
JIS:
3027
Indexes
Nelson Index: 1910
Words
挨拶
(あいさつ)
greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
挨拶は抜きで
(あいさつはぬきで)
without compliments (greetings)
挨拶を交わす
(あいさつをかわす)
to exchange greetings
挨拶語
(あいさつご)
greeting words; words of greeting
時候のあいさつ
(じこうのあいさつ)
season's greetings (conventional way of beginning a letter)